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June 9, 1931. N, NADDAFF 1,809,723

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N. A. NADDAFF INDICATOR Filed Sept. 10, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNIY Patented June 9, 1931 UNITED STATES NASEEB A. NADDAFF, or DOST-N; MASSACHUSETTS mnroaron- Application filed September 10, i930." Serial Nb; 481,026.

My present invention has reference to a mail box for use in apartment houses, rooming houses, or other places where a number of persons dwell in the same domicile, and

5 my object is the provision of a safety mail box in which the front is provided with a letter receiving slot and any desired number of sight openings, the rear of the front having guided thereon a slidable gravity in- 1 fluenced plate which carries cards of the dwellers of the residence as well as the name of the housekeeper ormanager, and whereby the mailman will have knowledge of the sev eral occupants of the dwelling without necessitating the making of inquiries and who after the mail has been deposited in the box operates a key for throwing a bolt which moves a slidable plate to a position to cover the slot and sight openings so that the mail 29 cannot be surreptitiously removed from the box the cover of the box being normally locked thereto.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the improvement hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a face view of a letterbox in accordance with this invention.

Fi ure 2 is a similar view but showing the slide moved downwardly to open the slot and to disclose the names of the several occupants of the residence to the mailman.

Figure 3 is a sectional View on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view approximately on the line 44: of Figure 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a detail approximately central transverse sectional View through the lower portion of the mail box. 7

The box 1 is preferably of substantially rectangular formation and has its eclg'es,at its open face inwardly flanged, as at 2. The front or'cover for the box comprises a plate 3 which ishinged, as at 4, to one of the corners ofthe mail box, and the front 3 may and preferablyhas its edges flanged, as at 5,

to contact with the top and bottom and outer.

edge of the box 1.' The inner. face of the cover or door 3, adjacent to the edges thereof reception of name is provided with guidesfi for a plate 7 that provides the slide ofthe improvement; The loweredgeof thgplate is formed with an angle lip' 8,-a'nd the outer face of the plate is provided with plurality of pockets for the bearing cards 9, the-said cards designed when the slide 7 in lowered position to register with sight openings 10 in the front or cover 3 and to likewiseuncover a slot 11 in the said front or cover. The front or-cover is provided with a pocket for the reception of a card 12 bearing the name ofthei housekeeper, manager, or owner of the dwelling on, whichthe' box is secured, the said card being at all times visible tl'iroug'h a sightopening 13 in the said front or cover 3.

Secured to the inner face of-t'he cover there is a lockca'singlt whose bolt isindi'cated by the numeral 15. The cover carries a k y hole opening 16 for the lock'and the key 17 which operatestliebolt 15 is designed to be held'in the possession of the mailman. A'ke'y oper-' ated lock-18 normally holds the front or cover 3-in closed andlocked position on the box 1.

"The slide 7 is of sufficient Weight to nor-j mally gravitate downwardly through the guides (S and to haveits lip 8 rest on the top of thelock casing '14; When in'such position the several cards9 will appear opposite 'ings 10 and the slot 11. The mail is thus fully protected so that a the same ,cannot be surreptitiously taken out of the box. When the lock 18 is operated by the owner of the box the mail matter may be removed therefrom. It should be stated that two keys 17 are employed, one of which is held by the mailman and the other bythe housekeeper or manager and after the mail matter is removed from the box the lock 14 is operated to move the bolt into the lock casing to permit of the slide gravitating downwardly to bring the name cards 9 again in register with the sight openings 10 and to likewise uncover the slot 11 so that on his next trip the mailman can insert other mail matter into the box.

While I have illustrated a satisfactory embodiment of my improved device my features of invention are capable of extended application and I do not wish to be limited to the specific structure herein shown and described and therefore, hold myself entitled to make such changes therefrom as fairly fall within the scope of what I claim.

Having described the invention, I claimi 1. A mail box havinga hinged and normally locked cover for the open face thereof, and which cover is provided with a slot and with a plurality of sight openings, a name card carried by the cover opposite one of the sight openings, a gravity influenced slidable plate on the inner face of the cover carrying name cards to aline with the remaining sight openings and to uncover the slot when the said slide moves downwardly and a key operated bolt to engage with the lower edge of the slide to move and sustain the same in alposition to cover the sight openings and the s at.

2. A mail box having a hinged and normally locked cover for the open face thereof, and which cover is provided with a slotand with a plurality of sight openings, a name card carried by the cover opposite one of the sight openings, a gravity influenced slidable plate on the inner face of the cover carrying name cardsto aline with the remaining sight openings and to uncover the slotwhen the said slide moves downwardly, a lip on the lower edge of the slide, a key operated lock fixed in the casing and the bolt of the lock being mov able to contact with the lip to raise the slide to cause the'latter to cover the sight openings and the slot.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

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